Journal of Conflict Resolution

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Conflict Resolution is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)
ArticleCitations
Bruce Russett Award for Article of the Year in JCR for 202035
The Warm War: The Effect of Ukrainian President’s Communal Personality Traits on Empathy and Pro-Social Behavior towards the Ukrainians31
Whom to Repress: Tall Poppies, Key Players, and Weakest Links23
Can Western Donors Constrain Repressive Governments? Evidence from Debt Relief Negotiations in Africa22
Changes in Perceptions of Border Security Influence Desired Levels of Immigration22
U.S. Military Should Not Be in My Backyard: Conjoint Experiments in Japan21
“Twice the Citizen”: How Military Attitudes of Superiority Undermine Civilian Control in the United States20
Knowing is Half the Battle: How Education Decreases the Fear of Terrorism18
Political Imprisonment and Protest Mobilization: Evidence From the GDR16
A Brutality-Based Approach to Identifying State-Led Atrocities15
Weapons of the Weak: Technological Change, Guerrilla Firepower, and Counterinsurgency Outcomes15
What it Takes to Return: UN Peacekeeping and the Safe Return of Displaced People14
Personalist Regime and Rebel Sponsorship in Civil Conflicts12
Symbolic Conflict Resolution and Ingroup Favoritism12
Rainy Friday: Religious Participation and Protests12
Wargame of Drones: Remotely Piloted Aircraft and Crisis Escalation12
“Right-Peopling” the State: Nationalism, Historical Legacies, and Ethnic Cleansing in Europe, 1886-202012
Local Ceasefires and De-escalation: Evidence From the Syrian Civil War12
Trade Rage: Audience Costs and International Trade11
The Double-Edged Sword: How State Capacity Prolongs Autocratic Tenure but Hastens Democratization11
Correction Notice11
Due Process and Accountability Under Transitional Justice: Evidence from Mosul, Iraq11
The Logic of Transitional Justice and State Repression: The Effects of Human Rights Prosecutions in Post-Conflict States11
Bruce Russett Award for Article of the Year in JCR for 202110
Tolerant Solidarity With Violent Protesters: Evidence From a Survey Experiment10
Militant Splinter Groups and the Use of Violence10
Who Punishes Leaders for Lying About the Use of Force? Evaluating The Microfoundations of Domestic Deception Costs10
A Liberal Peace?: The Growth of Liberal Norms and the Decline of Interstate Violence10
Electoral Integrity, the Concession of Power, and the Disciplining Role of Protests10
Less Is More? Shifting Power and Third-Party Military Assistance9
Wartime Sexual Violence, Social Stigmatization and Humanitarian Aid: Survey Evidence from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo9
The Determinants of Terrorist Listing9
Inclusion, Recognition, and Inter-Group Comparisons: The Effects of Power-Sharing Institutions on Grievances9
Inconstant Care: Public Attitudes Towards Force Protection and Civilian Casualties in the United States, United Kingdom, and Israel9
Does the Bomb Really Embolden? Revisiting the Statistical Evidence for the Nuclear Emboldenment Thesis9
The Effects of Economic Sanctions on Foreign Asset Expropriation9
New Estimates of Over 500 Years of Historic GDP and Population Data8
The Enforcement of U.S. Economic Sanctions and Global De-risking Behavior8
Incumbent-Aligned Terrorism and Voting Behavior: Evidence from Argentina’s 1973 Elections8
Conflict Events Worldwide Since 1468BC: Introducing the Historical Conflict Event Dataset8
Is China-Taiwan Rapprochement Possible? Experimental Evidence From Taiwan8
Interstate Conflict Can Reduce Support for Incumbents: Evidence from the Israeli Electorate and the Yom Kippur War8
Conflict-Related Sexual Violence and the Perils of Impunity8
Us and Them: Foreign Threat and Domestic Polarization8
Institutional Design, Information Transmission, and Public Opinion: Making the Case for Trade7
Your Reputation Precedes You: Ceasefires and Cooperative Credibility During Civil Conflict7
Of One’s Own Making: Leadership Legitimation Strategy and Human Rights7
Is Terrorism Really a Weapon of the Weak? Debunking the Conventional Wisdom7
Peace Negotiations and Civilian Targeting7
Reputations for Resolve and Higher-Order Beliefs in Crisis Bargaining7
The Effect of Migration on Political Support for Co-ethnics: Evidence From Turkey7
Capture the Fort: Explaining the Timing of Rebel Assaults on Cities During Wartime7
Contributing to Peace7
Organized Crime and Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence From Criminal Groups in Mexico7
Natural Experiments of the Rally 'Round the Flag Effects Using Worldwide Surveys7
The Impact of Domestic Surveillance on Political Imprisonment: Evidence from the German Democratic Republic6
The Double-Edged Sword of Foreign Direct Investment on Domestic Terrorism6
Examining UN PKO contributions at multiple levels6
Nonproliferation Information and Attitude Change: Evidence From South Korea6
Race, Religion, and American Support for Humanitarian Intervention6
Measuring Human Rights Abuse from Access to Information Requests6
Does Deplatforming Work?6
Does India Use Development Finance to Compete With China? A Subnational Analysis6
The Effect of Civilian Casualties on Wartime Informing: Evidence from the Iraq War6
Foulweather Friends: Violence and Third Party Support in Self-Determination Conflicts6
What They Are Fighting For – Introducing the UCDP Conflict Issues Dataset6
Peacekeeping, Mediation, and the Conclusion of Local Ceasefires in Non-State Conflicts5
International Peacekeeping Encourages Foreign Direct Investment: Subnational Evidence From Liberia’s Extractive Sector5
Can a Sense of Shared War Experience Increase Refugee Acceptance?5
Pride and Prejudice: The Dual Effects of “Wolf Warrior Diplomacy” on Domestic and International Audiences5
Returning Veterans’ Attitudes Toward Democracy: Evidence From a Survey of Ukraine’s ATO Veterans5
Commitment to the “National” in Post-Conflict Countries: Public and Private Security Provision in Lebanon5
Credibility, Organizational Politics, and Crisis Decision Making5
Domestic Political Unrest and Sovereign Bond Ratings in the Developing World5
Achieving Minimum Deterrence: A New Dyadic Dataset on Strategic Nuclear Weapons Delivery Capabilities4
The Commercial Military Actor Database4
Triangles, Major Powers, and Rivalry Duration4
Policing and Political Violence4
Oil Crops and Social Conflict: Evidence From Indonesia4
The Long-run Impact of Childhood Wartime Violence on Preferences for Nuclear Proliferation4
Getting Religion Right in Civil Wars4
Does Peacekeeping Mitigate the Impact of Aid on Conflict? Peacekeeping, Humanitarian Aid and Violence Against Civilians4
Bureaucracy at the Border: The Fragmentation of United States Foreign Aid4
Secret Police Organizations and State Repression4
State Security or Exploitation: A Theory of Military Involvement in the Economy4
Cohesion Among Whom? Stayees, Displaced, and Returnees in Conflict Contexts4
Fighting in Cyberspace: Internet Access and the Substitutability of Cyber and Military Operations4
Sanctions and Third-party Compliance with US Foreign Policy Preferences: An Analysis of Dual-use Trade4
Does Language Foster Reconciliation? Evidence From the Former Yugoslavia4
Is Theory Useful for Conflict Prediction? A Response to Beger, Morgan, and Ward4
Security Consolidation in the Aftermath of Civil War: Explaining the Fates of Victorious Militias4
Putting Terror in Its Place: An Experiment on Mitigating Fears of Terrorism among the American Public4
Signaling Strength with Handicaps4
Concessions for Concession’s Sake: Injustice, Indignation, and the Construction of Intractable Conflict in Israel–Palestine4
Past and Present Group Exclusion and Conflict: Group Marginalization, Opportunity, and Islamic State Foreign Fighter Mobilization4
Losing Hearts & Minds: Aid and Ideology4
State breakdown and Army-Splinter Rebellions3
Sanctioning the Homeland: Diasporas’ Influence on American Economic Sanctions Policy3
The Impact of Modern-System Training on Battlefield Participation by Kurdish Soldiers3
Why Onset Matters: Warfare, Intensity, and Duration in Civil War3
The Impact of Ideological Ambiguity on Terrorist Organizations3
Named and Shamed: International Advocacy and Public Support for Repressive Leaders3
Dovish Hawks: How Leaders’ Combat Experience Influences the End of Civil Conflicts in Peace Agreements3
Alliance Reliability and Dispute Escalation3
Global Governance From Below: Regional Sanctions as Drivers of UN Sanctions3
And the Heat Goes On: Police Repression and the Modalities of Power3
Rebel, Remain, or Resign? Military Elites’ Decision-Making at the Onset of the American Civil War3
Introducing the ETH/PRIO Civil Conflict Ceasefire Dataset3
Targeting Quality or Quantity? The Divergent Effects of Targeting Upper Verses Lower-Tier Leaders of Militant Organizations3
Armed Conflicts With Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State: The Role of Repression and State Capacity3
From Cooptation to Violence: Managing Competitive Authoritarian Elections3
Pathways to Cooperation: A Relational Theory of Rebel Alliance Formation3
Recruiting Rebels: Introducing the Rebel Appeals and Incentives Dataset3
Transatlantic Shakedown: Presidential Shaming and NATO Burden Sharing3
Income and Terrorism: Insights From Subnational Data3
Inefficient Cooperation Under Stochastic and Strategic Uncertainty3
Rebel Recruitment and Migration: Theory and Evidence From Southern Senegal3
Birth Legacies and State Failure3
Introducing the Peacekeeping Mandates (PEMA) Dataset3
The Economic Coercion Trilemma3
Why Do Leaders Build Walls? Domestic Politics, Leader Survival, and The Fortification of Borders3
The Impact of Personal Security Dispositions on Citizen Support for the Pursuit of Gender Equality in US Foreign Policy2
Collective Risk and Distributional Equity in Climate Change Bargaining2
Moving Through Conflict: Transit Migration and Rebel Capacity in Mali2
International Investment Disputes, Media Coverage, and Backlash Against International Law2
Terrorist Attacks and Trust in Institutions: Micro Evidence From Europe2
Preventing Coups and Seeking Allies: The Demand and Supply of Alliances for Coup-Proofing Regimes2
Do Natural Resources Really Cause Civil Conflict? Evidence from the New Global Resources Dataset2
The Long Arm and the Iron Fist: Authoritarian Crackdowns and Transnational Repression2
Managing Nationalism: Experiments in China2
Bruce Russett Award for Article of the Year in JCR for 20222
Televising Justice during War2
Titans that Clash and a State that Buffers2
UN Security Council Elections as an Incentive for Compliance2
Private Eyes in the Sky: Emerging Technology and the Political Consequences of Eroding Government Secrecy2
Violence and Children’s Education: Evidence From Administrative Data2
Plots, Attacks, and the Measurement of Terrorism2
Muddying the Waters: The Anatomy of Resistance Campaigns and the Failure of Ceasefires in Civil Wars2
Social Cohesion, Economic Security, and Forced displacement in the Long-run: Evidence From Rural Colombia2
Climbing the Ladder: Explaining the Vertical Proliferation of Cruise Missiles2
I’ll Be Back? Exiled Leaders and Political Instability2
Does Police Militarization Increase Repression?2
Interstate Resource Conflicts: A Network-Centric Resource Access Security Perspective2
Turning the Tables: Military Intervention and the Onset of Negotiations in Civil War2
Productive and Destructive Group Contests: An Experimental Investigation2
How Loyalty Trials Shape Allegiance to Political Order2
The Urban Origins of Rebellion2
Introducing the Deadly Electoral Conflict Dataset (DECO)2
Responding to Uncertainty: The Importance of Covertness in Support for Retaliation to Cyber and Kinetic Attacks2
Arctic Shock: Utilizing Climate Change to Test a Theory of Resource Competition2
The Importance of UN Security Council Resolutions in Peacekeeping Operations*2
Elite Cues and Public Attitudes Towards Military Alliances2
The Militarized Interstate Confrontation Dataset, 1816-20142
Nationality Questions and War: How Ethnic Configurations Affect Conflict Within and Between States2
Boys and Their Toys: Status Inconsistency in Non-democratic Regimes and the Import of Major Weapon Systems2
Choosing Where to Fight: Do Social Networks Distinguish American ISIS Foreign Fighters from ISIS-Inspired Terrorists?2
Land and State Capacity During Civil Wars: How Land-Based Coalitions Undermine Property Taxation in Colombia2
Institutional Change as a Response to Unrealized Threats: An Empirical Analysis2
Atomic Ambiguity: Event Data Evidence on Nuclear Latency and International Cooperation2
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